Trade, public groups seek prompt approval of pipeline safety update

Oil & Gas Journal: Six public and trade associations have asked US Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao “to act expeditiously” to approve revisions to the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s federal natural gas pipeline safety regulations.

“PHMSA’s rule will advance gas transmission pipeline safety by defining specific requirements to facilitate the use of 21st-century pipeline safety technologies and processes,” the groups, which include the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and the American Gas Association, said in their Feb. 7 letter.

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